PCGS MS65
PCGS AU58
- PCGS #:
- 38601
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 16.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 1.35 grams
- Mintage:
- 40,000
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $55,813 • MS65 • 10-27-2014 • Heritage Auctions
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 PCGS MS68
Emery May Norweb; “The Norweb Collection, Part I,” Bowers and Merena, October 1987, Lot 308 – $70,400; The Knoxville Collection; “The Knoxville Collection,” The Mint (Jay Parrino), 2002 Fixed Price List. As PCGS MS68 #11398219. “The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part I,” May 2015, Lot 1010 – $381,875. LM-1. Spectacular green, blue, and violet toning throughout. Likely, the finest known Draped Bust Half Dime. |
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#2 PCGS MS65
Dell Loy Hansen; "The D.L. Hansen Early Half Dimes (1792-1837) Collection" (PCGS Set Registry). |
| #2 PCGS MS65 |
| #2 PCGS MS65 |
Numismatists have identified five distinct die marriages for the 1800 issue, ranging from the common to the exceptionally rare. Two of the marriages make up the standard Red Book variety, while the remaining three display 'LIBEKTY' due to a faulty 'R' punch.
The most frequently encountered is the LM-1 (#38601), which is easily identified by the "LIBERTY" spelling and an oddly shaped "8" in the date, created by overlapping two "small o" punches. On the reverse, the eagle’s beak touches the point of the bottom-left star.
The LM-2 (#38602) is a significant R7 rarity; discovered by Walter Breen and published in 1958, fewer than a dozen specimens are known to exist, and they are rarely seen without impairment.
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LOT 1010 1800 Draped Bust Half Dime
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